Open AccessThree species of Phallus (Basidiomycota: Agaricomycetes: Phallaceae) from Jammu & Kashmir, India
Author(s) -
Harpreet Kour,
Rigzin Yangdol,
Sanjeev Kumar,
Yashpal Sharma
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
journal of threatened taxa
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 8
eISSN - 0974-7907
pISSN - 0974-7893
DOI - 10.11609/jott.2173.8.1.8403-8409
Subject(s) - biology , agaricomycetes , phallus (fungus) , veterinary medicine , basidiomycota , zoology , botany , genus , medicine
In this paper, three species of Phallus viz., P. macrosporus, P. rubicundus and P. hadriani are described, illustrated and discussed along with habitat photographs and line drawings of microscopic features. Out of these, P. macrosporus is new to India. P. rubicundus is new to Jammu & Kashmir whereas P. hadriani constitutes a new report of its occurrence from the Jammu Province. A key to the investigated species is also provided.